Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.

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If you're a boomer, a Gen Xer, or an early millennial, I'm sorry, but this is going to hurt.

If someone says 25 years ago now, they're referring to something that happened in the 1900s, not in the 21st century. I know, I know,

despite how it may feel, the 1990s weren't just 20 years ago. Neither were the 80s. If you're

for a certain age, you know exactly what I'm talking about. There's this temporal disconnect here.

This hurts, too. At some point, you're going to hear a kid talk about a song

that came out in the late 1900s, which is really going to hurt. We're already a quarter of the way

through the 21st century, and I really still find that very hard to process. On the other hand,

for younger millennials, Gen Zed kids, and

Gen Alpha, the first 25 years of the 2000s is recent history. If that's you, you're still

getting caught up. And if you're in those special years when you develop your musical awareness,

you're probably a sponge for information. What did I miss? What happened? Where were all the good bands?

And how did we get to where we are now?

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